Sleep at The Warfield

DOPE SMOKERS: The legendary San Jose stoner metal band has returned from their kush coma.

Within the world of heavy metal there is a magic word. Once it’s heard, it is impossible to go back. It is a single word capable of changing reality entirely, twisting the once-familiar into something mystic, epiphanic, otherworldly. That word is Dopesmoker. The third album by San Jose stoner metal trio Sleep, Dopesmoker is arguably the most ambitious metal album of all time. Now, 20 years after their initial split, Sleep have returned with a new, critically acclaimed album, The Sciences—and a world tour, which swings through the Bay Area this week. Don’t sleep on it.